Rte. 1
Gasoline tanker rolls over, explodes in Saugus
By adamg - 7/23/11 - 6:56 amVideo by Brian Nash.
One person died, two houses and a greenhouse also caught fire in the 2 a.m., eight-alarm explosion on Rte. 1 southbound, Stephen Walsh reports. Channel 5 reports six cars crashed and that gasoline from the truck got into a brook that then burst into flames in a neighborhood near Rte. 1, which is now shut.
Is state getting ready to put Rte. 1 back where it used to be?
By adamg - 2/25/11 - 9:21 amIn 2008, the state erected a sign on Centre St. just before the VFW Parkway that sure seemed to indicate Rte. 1 was just around the bend. Now a brand-new "Rte. 1 Jct" sign has gone up on Washington Street southbound in Dedham, just by the mall and just before the rotary with what was once Rte. 1, before the state decided it was very important that Rte. 1 smush with Rte. 128 instead of ambling along the Riverway, Jamaicaway and VFW Parkway.
Sonic boom: Rte. 1 burger backup
By adamg - 8/26/09 - 12:56 pmDoug Banks reports there's now a two-mile backup on Rte. 1 of people desperately trying to get into the new Sonic in Peabody.
Two dead, three hurt in Revere crash
By adamg - 8/6/09 - 5:08 pmAll teens, on Rte. 1, around 11 a.m. when their Montero rolled over, Channel 4 reports.
Massholes know the best place to apply eye shadow is Rte. 1 at rush hour
By adamg - 3/30/09 - 9:20 amRte. 1 shut down after trooper dies in one-car crash
By adamg - 1/28/09 - 8:38 amChannel 4 reports on the Saugus crash early this morning.
Don't toy with us, DCR
By adamg - 5/7/08 - 6:40 pm
Either the state is getting ready to put Rte. 1 back on its proper path along the Arborway/VFW Parkway or somebody has been inhaling too many paint fumes at the Department of Conservation and Recreation sign shop. How else to explain this sign, which recently went up where Centre Street turns into the VFW Parkway in Roslindale - 19 years after the state decided Rte. 1 was going to go south via 128 North?
Thanks to Bob Ward for the tip.
Rte 1 North by Kappy's...
By amusings - 12/13/07 - 7:49 pmMy husband just called me. He works for a hospital in Boston (not Paul Levy's hospital) and as non-essential personnel he was released at 2:30pm today.
It is now 7:45pm. He just passed Kappy's on Rte 1 North.
Do the math -- 5.25 hours, yes.
But, even more disconcerting is -- Kappy's was closed.
"Think of the amount of booze they COULD BE SELLING to people like me who have spent 5 hours to go less than 10 miles. Think of the revenue! Think of the ... "
Doug was a little upset.
Good thing it only took me 2.5 hours to get home from Marblehead (to Haverhill) and I stopped at the wine store in Georgetown on the way home. Pinot Grigio Awaits.
Good luck to any and all still out there battling the elements. Be safe, not stupid.
A traffic tie-up that really stinks
By adamg - 6/19/07 - 9:45 amThe Globe reports that a tractor trailer hauling garbage overturned at the interchange of Rte. 1 north and I-95 in Peabody during the morning rush hour today, closing the ramp.
Garbage trucks had to be called in to haul off the stuff. What happens if one of them overturns?
